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...feelings of the freshmen of today ? But these very freshmen, moreover, themselves afford the greatest cause for wonder and congratulation. A class whose members are reported to exceed three hundred need have no occasion to emulate the illustrious example of little Jacky Horner and his Christmas pie. An infant so big as this need scarcely proclaim its own bigness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 9/28/1883 | See Source »

Queen Victoria was able to attend the baptism of the infant daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Albany yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 3/27/1883 | See Source »

Little Rock University, Kansas, is the latest infant born into the great American family of colleges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 12/4/1882 | See Source »

Many who witnessed last Saturday's games are inclined to over-rate Yale's abilities, because of a sympathizing interest in so young a club. Now, while this infant Hercules did undeniably well, still her playing was by no means phenomenal. The team's whole game was defence; absolutely no attack at all except as far as they got the ball on Harvard's ground in their determination to keep it off their own. They deserve much praise for their checking, covering, mutual support and everything that goes to make up a strong resistance, but they have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LACROSSE AT NEW YORK. | 10/31/1882 | See Source »

...follows: Dido, E. H. Pendleton, Jr.; Anna, J. S. Webb; Tyria, J. E. Weld; Aeneas, ("the only original sentimental tramp and impoverished hero"), E. J. Wendell; Achates, ("the original Me-Too and one of the 306"), H. G. Chapin, Jr.; the B'hoy Ascanius, ("the only original infant prodigy"), R. D. Sears; Palinurus, A. Matthews; the Butler Punicus, Robert Codman; Juno, W. O. Edmands; Venus, H. Hardon; Father Anchises, F. C. Woodbury. "All the collegians evinced careful training, and the opera was enthusiastically received," says the New York Tribune. The Herald says: "Altogether the performance was an emphatic success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE COLLEGE WORLD. | 4/18/1882 | See Source »

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